Grotrian-Steinweg
BECAUSE WE LOVE MUSIC. "Lads, build good pianos and the rest will take care of itself", Wilhelm Grotrian once said to his sons Kurt and Willi and thereby phrased one of the most important mottos for the GROTRIAN company. When you listen to the sound of a GROTRIAN you will notice that there is much more behind it: a love for music.
Grotrian-Steinweg grand and upright pianos
The company, based in Braunschweig, Germany, was founded by Friedrich Grotrian in 1835. It has remained family-run ever since and is now in its fifth and sixth generations. The pianos made by Grotrian are excellent instruments, from the smallest upright to the concert grand, and always manage to satisfy even the most demanding pianists, thanks to the constructive care the company takes pride in. Grotrian is one of the very few brands belonging to "Made in Germany" by BVK e.V., the association of German piano manufacturers, together with Steingraeber, Blüthner, August Förster, Rönisch, Sauter and Schimmel. Membership of this association is a true mark of guarantee, as only the finest German craftsmen manage to join, given the extremely strict conditions of membership.
Grotrian, for example, was the first piano manufacturer to build an instrument with a cast-iron frame connected only to the rear wooden frame, which allows the internal system to vibrate freely and produces the characteristic Grotrian sound; this technique is still used in modern upright pianos. Another example is the carefully balanced, homogeneous soundboard, together with a calculation of string length and positioning that allows the hammer to strike each string at the optimum point. These and other refinements have made this brand one of the best known and most highly regarded of all time.